A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions (NASDAQ:AZ – Get Free Report) and Identiv (NASDAQ:INVE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions and Identiv, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Identiv | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 148.76%. Identiv has a consensus price target of $3.40, indicating a potential upside of 27.34%. Given A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions is more favorable than Identiv.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions | -241.67% | -49.91% | -43.81% |
| Identiv | -62.93% | -11.02% | -10.34% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions and Identiv”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions | $7.90 million | 34.00 | -$37.74 million | ($0.83) | -7.27 |
| Identiv | $21.48 million | 3.01 | -$18.00 million | ($0.66) | -4.05 |
Identiv has higher revenue and earnings than A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions. A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Identiv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Identiv has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
12.6% of A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Identiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.9% of A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Identiv shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Identiv beats A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions
A2Z Smart Technologies Corp., a technology company, focuses on the development and commercialization of retail smart cart solutions for grocery stores and supermarkets in Israel and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Precision Metal Parts, Advanced Engineering, and Smart Carts. It offers Cust2Mate system, which incorporates a smart cart that automatically calculates the value of the customers purchases in their smart cart without having to unload and reload their purchases at a customer checkout point. The company also manufactures and sells precision metal parts; provides retail automation solutions; and develops Fuel Tank Inertia Capsule System technology (FTICS), a vehicle device cover for the military and civilian automotive industry. In addition, it provides maintenance services utilizing the application of advanced engineering capabilities to the military and security markets, as well as develops related products for the civilian and retail markets; container leasing services; and maintenance services for complex electronic systems and products. It serves its products to grocery stores, hardware stores, household essentials, do it yourself (DIY) retailers, discount stores, warehouse stores, convenience stores, drug stores, duty free shops, and similar outlets. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
About Identiv
Identiv, Inc., a security technology company, that provides secure identification and physical security solutions that secure things, data, and physical places worldwide. It operates in two segments, Identity and Premises. The Identity segment offers products and solutions that enables secure access to information serving the logical access and cyber security markets, as well as protecting connected objects and information using radio-frequency identification embedded security. The Premises segment provides solutions for premises security market, such as access control, video surveillance, analytics, audio, access readers, and identities to government facilities, schools, utilities, hospitals, stores, and apartment buildings. The company sells its products through dealers, systems integrators, value added resellers, and resellers. The company was formerly known as Identive Group, Inc. and changed its name to Identiv, Inc. in May 2014. Identiv, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
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